Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated ActsIn this part:
"activities" means—
(a) in relation to an agency which supplies gas, electricity, water or sewerage services—construction, repair or maintenance carried out by the agency in association with the supply of those services; or
(b) the construction, repair and maintenance of navigation serving beacons and telecommunications towers; or
(c) in relation to an agency responsible for the development of land—the agency's development activities.
"agency" means—
(a) a supplier of gas, electricity, water or sewerage services; or
(b) a person responsible for the construction, repair and maintenance of navigation serving beacons and telecommunications towers; or
(c) a person responsible for a development of land.
"controlled land" means—
(a) public land; or
(b) Territory land that is not subject to a territory lease.
"development", in relation to land, means—
(a) the erection, alteration or demolition of a building on the land; or
(b) the carrying on of work on the land; or
(c) the use or change of use of the land; or
(d) the use or change of use of a building or works on the land; or
(e) the subdivision or consolidation of the land.
"land management objectives" means—
(a) in relation to public land—the management objectives applying to the land under the Planning and Development Act 2007 , section 317; and
(b) in relation to any controlled land—
(i) any objectives, policies or purposes specified in the Territory plan for that land; and
(ii) the objective of the conservation of the qualities of the natural environment on, and in the vicinity of, the land.
"management agreement" means an agreement under section 99 between the conservator and an agency.
"natural environment" means all biological, physical and visual elements of the earth and its atmosphere, whether natural or modified.
"public land" means land identified as such in the Territory plan.